Recent advances in the sonographic assessment of vascularity and blood flow in gynecologic conditions

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 294-301

  Fleischer, Arthur C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional imaging; Color Doppler sonography; Live 3 dimensional imaging; Ovarian mass; Uterine disorder

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBUBBLE; OVARY; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; BREAST; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 22344446473     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.11.060     Document Type: Review

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